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Commander of the 341st Missile Wing flies over Minuteman silos near Great Falls, Montana, United States
View from a Helicopter flying over fields of grain in Montana, United States. Shadow of the helicopter is seen moving below. Cattle grazing on the range are startled by the chopper. Views of U.S. Minuteman intercontinental missile installations in the vicinity of Great Falls, in 1964. Colonel Rex Dowtin, Commander of the U.S. 341st Strategic Missile Wing, is seen in cockpit of the helicopter. Views from the helicopter as it flies over the steel-covered underground missile silos. Snow-capped mountains in background. Colonel Dowtin and another crew member inside the helicopter.
Commander, staff, and missile combat officers of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing begin their day with briefings during Cold War
View from Helicopter cleared to land at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Boys running across a field of tall grass past radar antenna at the base. A boy on a bicycle rides past a Strategic Air Command sign at the base reading "Peace is our Profession." Interior of a command center. An Air Force Senior Master Sergeant working with airmen to maintain status of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing's Minuteman missiles and coordinating their servicing and maintenance. Staff in the unit's command center is called to attention as their Commander, Colonel Rex Dowtin, enters. Colonel Dowtin and his staff officers take seats and listen to their morning briefing, beginning with a report from their weather officer about local conditions. This is followed by reports from other officers, including an African American officer, about the status of matters in their respective areas of responsibility. Meanwhile at another location, white-clad missile combat officer crews (Captains and Lieutenants) are being briefed by a Lieutenant Colonel who tells them the defense condition (DEFCON) is "4" and issues instructions for the day as they prepare to manage various missile silos and installations.
United States Air force combat crew on duty at Minuteman Missile control center in Montana,United States
U.S. Air Force staff car driving along a road at the Minuteman Missile complex of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing, near Great Falls, Montana. In the back seat are Captain Kenneth Atkins, a combat crew commander and his deputy, Lieutenant Jim Highland. View of desolate landscape from the passing car. The car stops at a fenced area where guards confirm their identifications. Inside a building the men are issued .38 caliber revolvers and ammunition. An authentication code is given over the phone by the guard, who then promptly burns a stub of paper on which it is written. The combat crew enters the complex through an alarmed door and takes an elevator down to the lower level. View up the shaft of the elevator descending. They exit and stand as the silo blast door is opened from within, and then enter the vault-like control room. Colonel Rex Dowtin, Commander of the 341st Wing, listens as one of his combat crews gives him their certification briefing. Combat crew members Atkins and Highland are seen in their silo control capsule, where they look over the latest message traffic. Views of SAC (Strategic Air Command) message recording systems and internal capsule controls. A double padlocked red box containing secret missile launch codes. Pre-recorded voice reporting the status of all missiles under the crews control. Sound of voice reporting on various selected channels. Views outside the silo, with some snow on the ground. View of a missile nose. Panning views of the capsule, showing the crew member bunks, among other things.